Howden, A Chart Industries Company
Field Service Engineer (EC&I)
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Location: UK Home-based with extensive worldwide travel
Company: Howden, a Chart Industries company
The Role
Howden Turbo UK is looking for a skilled Electrical, Controls and Instrumentation Field Service Engineer (EC&I) to join our global Field Service team. This is a hands-on, technically challenging role supporting customers worldwide with the overhaul, maintenance, commissioning, and optimisation of steam turbines and associated control systems.
You’ll be the face of Howden on customer sites, delivering expert engineering support, ensuring safe and high-quality execution, and building strong, trusted relationships with operators, technicians, and project teams. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in complex industrial environments and enjoys solving problems in the field.
This is a home-based role with extensive worldwide travel, often at short notice.
Who are we?
Howden Turbo UK - formerly Peter Brotherhood - is a long-established engineering business with over 150 years of heritage in the design, manufacture, and servicing of steam turbines and high-integrity rotating equipment. From our Peterborough site, we support customers across power generation, defence, marine, and industrial markets, delivering engineered solutions where reliability and performance are critical.
Now part of Howden and the wider Chart Industries group, we combine deep local expertise with the scale and innovation of a global engineering leader. This gives our teams the opportunity to work on complex, high-value projects while contributing to Chart’s Nexus of Clean™ mission, supporting cleaner energy, improved efficiency, and reduced emissions worldwide.
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What will you do?
- Provide on-site EC&I technical support for steam turbine overhaul, repair, maintenance, upgrades, fault-finding, and commissioning
- Deliver work safely, professionally, and to a high technical standard - right first time, on time
- Produce clear, detailed Site Reports, highlighting actions, risks, and improvement opportunities
- Supervise customer or company technicians on site, ensuring safe working practices and task discipline
- Complete risk assessments and follow all health & safety procedures
- Support project teams with mobilisation planning and on-site communication
- Represent Howden professionally, maintaining strong customer relationships and acting as a trusted technical partner
What do you bring?
Essential
- Strong EC&I background with experience in PLC/HMI programming and troubleshooting, including:
- Rockwell (Studio 5000, RSLogix 5000, Logix 500, FactoryTalk)
- Siemens (PCS7, Step 7, WinCC, TIA Portal)
- Schneider (Control Expert / SCADA Expert)
- Woodward 505 governors, Basler DECS 200/250 AVR
- Familiarity with industrial communication protocols: Modbus (RS485/TCP), Profibus, Profinet, ControlNet, basic TCP networking
- Experience with power generation systems (5–30MW) — governor/excitation systems, droop/isochronous control, active/reactive power, pressure regulation
- Knowledge of steam turbine maintenance and repair
- Ability to supervise others during complex installation, commissioning, and maintenance activities
- Strong customer-facing skills and the ability to build effective working relationships
- Excellent written communication — able to produce risk assessments, site reports, RCAs, method statements, and scopes of work
- Experience working internationally, including in non-English-speaking environments
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Full UK driving licence
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Desirable
- Experience with steam turbine installation and commissioning (training can be provided)
- Offshore experience
Our Benefits
- Daily allowances, dependent on location, are paid for site works
- Generous holiday entitlement package totalling 33 days annual leave
- Howden Pension Plan with a maximum employer contribution of 7%
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental, and adoption leave pay
- Healthcare cash plan
- Group Life Assurance plan at 3x salary
- Group Income Protection plan
- Access to My Howden Benefits & Wellbeing Portal - Cycle2Work programme, range of discounts across various retailers, wealth of information to support health & wellbeing
- Dedicated Help@Hand Service - free counselling, physiotherapy, financial support, medical second opinion, remote GP, personal training, nutrition consultations etc
- Opportunity to be involved in our ESG ‘Bright Future’ initiatives - STEM ambassador & volunteering
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